President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Nigerian doctors killed by COVID-19. This was contained in a statement on Saturday by Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman. He disclosed that Buhari has sent his condolence to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) over the loss. President Buhari stated that their death was painful because…
A pair of young brothers eager to open their gifts on Christmas morning died in a massive house fire, forcing their mother to jump from an upstairs window with a 2-year-old child in her arms, according to new reports. De’Lon Wheeler, 7, and Damarion Wheeler, 6, “fell asleep by the tree because they were so…
Bill Gates, a co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), says the world still does not have enough data to understand why COVID-19 numbers have not been as high as predicted in Africa. The American philanthropist who invests heavily in healthcare in Africa said he is, however, happy to have been wrong about…
Anthony Joshua said he thought the EndSARs protests which rocked Nigeria in October was a fight against a virus Severe acute respiratory syndrome which also has the SARS acronym. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, Joshua said because he had never been a victim of police brutality while in Nigeria, he had never heard…
Six people including a police officer were reportedly killed in the aftermath of an attack in Garkida town of Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State in northeast Nigeria. It was also reported that eleven youths were abducted by the attackers who looted food and medicine stores in the town. The attackers also burnt down…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the release of former PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, from Kuje custodial centre, Abuja. Recall that Metuh left Kuje after perfecting N250 million bail conditions set by the Federal High Court, Abuja. Reacting to Metuh’s release in a post on Twitter, Fayose welcomed back the former…
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has announced new travel rules for passengers coming into Nigeria from South Africa and the UK where a new variant of the virus has been discovered. The National Coordinator Of The PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu Made The Announcement On Thursday In Abuja, During A Media Briefing. Aliyu said…
The fate of over three thousand investors of a trading company known as MBA Forex in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is currently hanging in the balance. Their fate hangs in the balance over alleged collapse of the firm. Many investors decried the firm’s failure to fulfil its agreement of paying them their monthly dividends that…
Idowu Olawuyi, a Lagos airport baggage carrier has been stabbed to death, a development that has sent his family into deep grief. The man was stabbed to death by robbers around Bunkas junction, AIT Road in the Alagbado area of Lagos State. The 33-year-old was on his way to work at the local wing of…
There was confusion in Sabo Area in Osogbo on Friday morning as some hoodlums armed with guns invaded the area, killed one, and injured others. The incident degenerated and the hoodlums are now looting shops in those areas. GIOTV learned. It was gathered that the hoodlums had on Thursday night went to the area claiming…